The Return of the Disaster-Class Hero
chapter-499

If ten people were asked to name the coolest Zodiac temple in the world, six would reply, “The Leo temple.”

The Leo temple was considered both impressive and valiant. It was always one of the top three temples that youngsters wanted to join.

The leader of this temple, Stevens, was considered a man among men. Men wanted to be like him.

He was especially known for his fearlessness in front of the monsters! He was courageous as he never bowed down to any enemies! Moreover, he always maintained a poker face. He knew no fear…

“Ahhhhhk!!!!”

But it was all bullshit.

Stevens screamed when he saw a baby, who was as big as his fist.

Yes, a baby was sleeping on top of Stevens’s office desk. The baby’s face was smaller than Stevens’s fist.

Of course, the baby wasn’t Stevens’ child. Since Stevens had cultivated a very manly persona, an endless number of women wanted to marry him. However, he was single.

Stevens should have absolutely no links to a baby, yet he tried to go through his sordid past at that moment. However, he soon saw the name written on the baby's bib, then he screamed in terror once again.

[Gun]

“Why the hell is he here!!!!!!!!”

Surprised by the scream, his subordinates rushed toward him. They had to climb fifty floors, and their faces were pale.

“Zodiac Saint-nim! What’s wrong?”

His subordinates were tense and guarded. They were even holding their weapons. Their reaction was understandable since they had never heard Stevens scream before. It didn’t matter what kind of enemy he had faced!

“What kind of monster is it?”

“This is the holy ground of the Leo temple… How dare it invade—”

However, their eyes turned round when they looked inside the room.

“Byaaaa….”

“…??”

“Byaaaa…!”

“????????”

The only ones inside the room were Stevens and a baby soundly sleeping atop the desk.

‘Baby?’

The subordinates tilted their heads in confusion. It was a baby, yet Stevens seemed terrified of it.

“C…Could it be….”

“Did you have an accident?!!”

“Did the baby’s mother drop him off here?!!!”

“Child support!!!!!!!!”

“What the hell are you guys saying?” The angry Stevens pointed at the baby. “That’s Lee Gun. Lee Gun!!!”

“Should we call the lawyer— What? Lee Gun-nim?”

“Yes! His name is written right there!!”

“What?! The mother of your child named him Lee Gun?!”

“Damn it! You guys want to die!!!!”

His subordinates lowered their weapons when they were told the baby was Lee Gun. However, they became raucous for an entirely different reason.

“Ah. I remember now…! This baby was dropped in front of the Archer Saint’s house! He’s that child! Everyone went to kill him because they thought he was a monster….”

“What? That baby grew this much? He already has so much hair.”

“Wow! He’s so small!”

“He still doesn’t have any teeth!”

The officers of the Leo temple didn’t know what to do with themselves because they found Lee Gun adorable.

Stevens was the only one afraid of the child. He remained hidden.

“When did you bring Lee Gun-nim here, Zodiac Saint-nim?”

“That’s right. You should’ve told us beforehand!”

When the officers became angry, Stevens wished they would listen to him. He was petrified with fear.

“I didn’t bring him here.”

“What? Then why’s he here?”

“That is…”

“What?”

“When I came to work, he was here by himself.”

“I thought this whole region was locked down overnight, so not even a cockroach could enter this place.”

“That’s what I’m saying.”

His subordinates’ expressions turned serious. The smile on their lips had been wiped clean when they realized the seriousness of this situation.

“That is… What’s the chance that the Archer Saint sent him here?”

“There is no way that fanboy would send him here!”

His subordinates became silent.

One second. Two seconds. Three seconds.

Realizing what was going on, they screamed at the top of their lungs. They knew their lives were in danger.

“What are you doing? You have to contact the Archer Saint right now!!!”

“You’ll be seen as a kidnapper!!!”

“Was Yooha not enough!!”

“You do realize that the Zodiac Saints of the Serpent Bearer temple are psychos, right?! Do you want to burn the Leo temple into the ground?!”

“Also, how the hell did a baby come to the US?”

“Does he have a passport?!”

Everyone was shocked. They quickly looked for their phones at the same time.

“We have to quickly notify the Serpent Bearer temple about what happened!”

“That’s right! If not, we are all dead! We have to tell them before we are labeled as kidnappers….”

At that moment…

“Byaa…?”

It seemed they were being too noisy. Baby Lee Gun, who had been sound asleep, opened his eyes.

Surprised by the sound, the officers looked at Lee Gun. On the other hand, Lee Gun seemed very displeased.

“Byaaaaa….”

Since he had slept on the hard surface of a desk, his back was sore. That wasn’t all.

Growl!

He was awakened in the middle of his nap on an uncomfortable surface, and he was hungry.

“Byaaa….”

His diaper hadn’t been changed. Since it smelled, he was in a foul mood.

“Ddoo-ah. Ddoo-ah. Byaaa.”

As Lee Gun spat out each babble, it was as if his aura became progressively more chaotic.

The officers of the Leo temple were surprised by this sight, and they rushed toward Lee Gun.

“Ha ha ha, Lee Gun-nim! Do you remember me? It is me. I was next to you when Red Eye made its appearance again!!”

Lee Gun’s eyes flashed as if he didn’t care.

At the same time, one of the officers was sent flying as he screamed.

Kwahng!!

“Harry!”

In the blink of an eye, the enormous man was sent flying to the wall. An unknown superpower had sent the disciple flying.

The officers turned pale from fright. H…He was sent flying?!

“W…What is going on? Lee Gun-nim was supposed to have lost his powers? He’s supposed to be powerless!”

“So how— Hoohp!!”

Stevens quickly placed a hand over his subordinate’s mouth before he could speak any further. “Don’t provoke him! Idiot!”

“…!!!”

Lee Gun had just woken up, and he was cranky. He was like a demon king who had descended in front of them. Their bodies shook when they saw Lee Gun.

Stevens had his back turned to Lee Gun, and he didn’t want to imagine what kind of expression Lee Gun had on his face.

“Do you understand me? He’s a living being that was classified as being at least a Red-zone-rank monster”

The fact that he was Red-zone rank didn’t matter right now.

“He’s a child who destroyed Hugo’s house!”

They would be lucky if Lee Gun merely destroyed their home!

The officers gulped as they watched Lee Gun emanate a chaotic aura.

“We have to stop him, right…?”

“That’s right. Let’s put him back to sleep before he causes any trouble…”

At that moment, Stevens and the officers heard a voice behind them.

“Byaa…?”

“!!!”

They gulped as they turned their heads around. Lee Gun’s head was on a swivel as if he were looking for someone.

“I…Is he looking for the Archer Saint?”

“He’s Lee Gun’s guardian.”

Or did he come here looking for someone else?

Stevens became nervous as he quickly gestured with his hand. “Just make him go back to sleep again! You can do it by force!”

“Y-You want us to use the Sleep skill?!”

Lee Gun became angry when he heard this. The strident voice of the baby ripped through the building.

“Byaaa!!!”

Crash! Crash!

Crunch, crunch!

The baby’s voice caused the building to shake as items fell to the floor.

Stevens and his officers screamed.

“Ah!! What the hell? I thought Lee Gun-nim didn’t possess any magical energy!”

“He’s supposed to be a normal human! What’s going on?”

Just a single scream was able to put the holy ground in this state?! The building, which was under the protection of the Zodiac, started to show cracks.

Taken aback, the men rushed toward Lee Gun. They had failed in putting Lee Gun to sleep, so they would do the next best thing. They rushed to appease Lee Gun.

“You are a good boy, right? I’ll give you food!”

“Yes! Food! Which food do you like?!”

“Byaa?”

Lee Gun became slightly less cranky when he heard the word “food.”

Stevens and his officers were glad to see this.

“Milk? Do you think milk is ok?!”

“Should I go buy it right now?”

Lee Gun’s crankiness eased a bit more.

“Ah! I’ll go down and get it! We have expensive and high-quality milk, which is quite popular!”

“Byaaa?”

Lee Gun’s ire went away, and his eyes started to twinkle a bit.

“It’s the highest grade ‘animal’ formula used in the farm housing the Constructs…!!”

“Byaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!”

“Ahhhhk!”

The angry voice assaulted them.

Stevens clasped his ears as he shouted. “Idiots! How can you feed animal formula to a person?”

“It’s something the gods drink!”

“Whatever!! Just go buy some regular milk! Buy some baby food! It can even be ready-made food!”

“I’m already searching! Ah, I found it! This brand seems to be the most popular!”

“Oh! It has 4.99 stars out of 5! Professionals recommend it! Moms recommend it! It’s the number one bestseller!”

The corner of the baby’s lips rose a bit.

“Eco-friendly Organic Minced ‘Vegetable’ Baby Food….”

“Byaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

The baby seemed to take issue with something. He started to slap the ground in anger.

When the ceiling of the sturdy holy ground of the Leo temple started to crumble, Stevens screamed.

Whenever the angry baby slapped the ground, the building shook violently. It almost felt as if the baby’s cry would collapse the foundation of the building.

‘At this rate, our Leo temple’s holy ground will be destroyed!!’

As the lord of this place, Stevens was disgusted by his subordinates. He told them to bring anything available. “Just bring anything a kid might like! You can even bring whatever you guys had been eating!”

“What? There is nothing we eat that’s suitable for a baby!”

“Go check the breakroom. Is there nothing inside the fridge?!”

“It contains a hamburger that I was going to eat as a midnight snack!”

“What else is there?!”

“Aside from that, fries, cola, and beer…!”

At that moment, Lee Gun suddenly stopped crying. He just stared at them, making them very uncomfortable!

They were sure he had stopped crying when they had mentioned “hamburger”! Stevens and his officers knew what this meant, yet they started to sweat.

“No way! A baby shouldn't eat such food! That burger is a ball of cholesterol!”

“Byaa??”

“You can’t have it! I’ll get you some milk! Just wait a bit!”

“Let’s take you back home!! Ok?”

Lee Gun’s cheeks were puffed up like a frog.

They grabbed Lee Gun, intending to send him back home.

“Hey! What are you guys doing? Hurry up and contact Hugo— Ahhk!! Zodiac Saint-nim!”

Stevens flinched as his subordinates screamed.

“Something is next to Lee Gun-nim…!!”

From each side of Lee Gun, black auras appeared as if something had been summoned.

They were unknown monsters, with their sizes ranging from that of humans to that of giants. Some wore armor, and some didn’t have anything equipped.

The only common trait between them was that they were wearing helmets.

The disciples freaked out when they saw this.

“That’s a summoning skill!!!”

“Ahhk!!! He isn’t supposed to have any powers, so how can he use the summoning skill?!!”

“What the hell? The report said nothing of this!”

“Hey! That isn’t important right now! Those are monsters!!”

“T-They don’t have the energy of the Cluders!”

The unknown monsters let out chaotic energy as they approached the disciples.

Confronted with the violent magical energy, the disciples froze.

‘They are all Black-zone-ranks!!’

While these beings weren’t Cluders, they were a match with the monarchs in terms of abilities and killing intent.

The flustered disciples summoned their weapons. They immediately used their skills to bind the monsters.

“!?”

However, the skills merely passed through the monsters.

In the end, the monsters appeared right before them and extended their hands toward the Leo disciples.

Stevens froze.

‘W…What the hell are they…!’

Finally, the menacing hand extended toward Stevens as if it was about to take out a chunk of flesh from his neck.

‘Damn it! We are going to die….’

Rustle, rustle!

“…?”

Instead of attacking with their extended hands, they frisked the bodies and the pockets of the disciples. They took out all the candies, including chocolate, which the disciples carried around. The monsters even scolded the disciples as if there weren’t enough candies.

The disciples were dumbfounded after having all their snacks stolen. That wasn’t all.

Boom!

“?!”

It seemed more monsters had been summoned. These monsters brought something out of the other room.

They held the hamburger, fries, and cola!

“Ahhk!!! That’s my night snack, which I put inside the breakroom fridge!”

“What?!”

After stealing the food, the monstrous beings acted as if they were giving an offering. They approached Lee Gun and got on their knees, presenting the food to Lee Gun with care.

Baby Lee Gun became overjoyed to see the hamburger offered to him.

“Byaa! Byaa!”

It was an American-style hamburger, and it looked fantastic. It was a quadruple-decker burger with thick, well-cooked patties. Each patty was coated with yellow American cheese, which had melted like a waterfall. It also had crispy bacon and ketchup!

Lee Gun’s eyes twinkled as he immediately bit into the hamburger. The waterfall of cheese melted inside Lee Gun’s mouth, and he looked elated.

Stevens and the officers looked shocked.

“Should a baby be eating that…?”

“Will he die if he eats it…?”

“He doesn’t have any teeth. How is he eating it?”

“I never expected a baby to like a hamburger so much…”

Stevens started to sweat. When he thought about it, Lee Gun had always liked the American-style burger and cola. He always ate it when he stayed in the US. In fact, Stevens had used a hamburger to lure out Lee Gun in the past.

Anyway, it seemed the baby also liked hamburgers. While he didn’t have any memories, it didn’t change the fact that they possessed the same body. Or maybe…

An odd expression appeared on Stevens’s face as he looked at Lee Gun. He furrowed his brows before letting out a sigh; he had dismissed the idea he just had.

‘Anyway, I’m thankful for the fact that he’s satisfied with a single hamburger’

That bastard who was obsessed with Lee Gun…

Hugo would forgive him for feeding Lee Gun a hamburger.

“Zodiac Saint-nim! What is going on?”

His subordinates from the other buildings had come to this location. They had been preparing for a company dinner, and they came running here when the building started to break.

“We felt a strange aura emanating from this place. What is going on—”

The subordinates screamed when they entered the room.

“Ahhk! What the hell happened here?”

Stevens got frightened when his subordinates shouted. He put a forefinger on his lips as if to silence them.

The hamburger had finally calmed Lee Gun down. It would be troublesome if Lee Gun had a tantrum again.

“It’s nothing! We were just babysitting for a bit!”

“What? Babysitting?”

“Yes. The baby destroyed the building a little! It’s nothing!! Get out of here!”

“What????”

How were they babysitting the baby that they let him destroy the building?

“Things just happened to turn out like this! Thankfully, he quieted down after eating a hamburger…”

At that moment…

“Byaa?”

“?!”

It was unclear as to what he had seen, but Lee Gun’s voice became very upbeat.

Stevens felt a chill run up his back when he heard the laughter.

The flustered men quickly looked toward the item that had taken hold of Lee Gun’s attention.

Lee Gun’s gaze was fixed on the subordinates who had just entered the room. To be precise, his eyes were fixed on the boxes they held!

Stevens and his officers turned pale when they recognized the boxes.

‘Alcohol!’

The boxes contained expensive whiskey and brandy. Lee Gun’s eyes twinkled like a pair of diamonds.

The subordinates who had brought the boxes were oblivious to what was going on. They let out a bright smile.

“Ah! You told us to open these up. You wanted to check the expensive alcohol since we’ll be offering them to our god…”

He couldn’t even finish his sentence. Baby Lee Gun extended his hand toward the box as if he coveted it.

Stevens and the officers screamed.

“No!! You can’t have alcohol!!!!”

“Stop him!!!!!”

They still had no idea why Lee Gun had come here.